U.S. Navy sailors lift a collapsible wire mesh gabion into position.
U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 lift a collapsible wire mesh gabion into position at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, on April 11, 2009. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 is deployed to Afghanistan to provide contingency construction support to allies and members of the NATO International Security Assistance Force. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 is one of the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command war fighting support elements providing host nation contingency construction support and security.